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Some people take more care to hide their wisdom than their folly. – Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1711

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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift

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Art owes its origin to Nature herself… this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. – Giorgio Vasari

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Well, its a – I dont want to disappoint you, but its a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters. – Alexander Downer

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One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the counterterrorism community, is to assume if someone hasnt attacked us, its because he cant or because weve defeated him. – Michael Scheuer

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